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Irrawaddy dolphin size: How big do they get?

How big does a Irrawaddy dolphin get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) reaches an average size of 2.5 meter (8′ 3″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 190 kg (418.88 lbs). A Irrawaddy dolphin has 1 babies at once. The Irrawaddy dolphin (genus: Orcaella) is a member of the family Delphinidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Irrawaddy dolphin is (8' 3

The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in discontinuous subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia.

Animals of the same family as a Irrawaddy dolphin

We found other animals of the Delphinidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Irrawaddy dolphin

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Irrawaddy dolphin:

Animals with the same litter size as a Irrawaddy dolphin

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Irrawaddy dolphin:

Animals with the same weight as a Irrawaddy dolphin

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Orcaella brevirostris: